CVE-2024-32972

May 6, 2024, 4 p.m.

Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

Products

go-ethereum (geth)

  • 1.13.15 and onwards

Source

security-advisories@github.com

Tags

CVE-2024-32972 details

Published : May 6, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified : May 6, 2024, 4 p.m.

Description

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to 1.13.15, a vulnerable node can be made to consume very large amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix has been included in geth version `1.13.15` and onwards.

CVSS Score

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Weakness

Weakness Name Description

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

7.5

Exploitability Score

Impact Score

Base Severity

HIGH

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